Hi, all! I'm new here.
I'm thinking of buying a Tesla 3, and I guess I would like to know anything that anyone wants to tell me on the subject--knowing that this is a group mostly of fans.
Specially interesting questions: How much range can I realistically expect? I know that depends on all sorts of factors (speed, stops, temperature, hills, wind, etc.), but whatever you can say would be useful.
What do you think of reliability of the car? Maintenance? (I know nothing about what sort of maintenance this kind of car needs.)
Rear wheel vs. AWD models? I haven't driven a rear wheel drive car regularly in decades--we've mostly had FWD Toyotas and AWD Subarus recently.
Options--I'm a somewhat old guy looking for safety features (especially blind spot monitoring and rear monitoring) and liking the safety package on my wife's new Subaru Crosstrek (highest trim level). How well does the Base level work? Does the Autopilot add a lot? What about the "self-driving" level?
Anything else I might want to know? I live on the Olympic Peninsula. I'm not a complete newbie to electricity in cars--I had a Gen 3 Prius that I liked a lot (except that the side and rear visibility was terrible).
I admit to finding the Tesla website pretty sparse on hard information about their cars--I can't find detailed specs, etc. What am I missing?
Answers to any or all of these questions will be greatly welcome.
gallk
I'm thinking of buying a Tesla 3, and I guess I would like to know anything that anyone wants to tell me on the subject--knowing that this is a group mostly of fans.
Specially interesting questions: How much range can I realistically expect? I know that depends on all sorts of factors (speed, stops, temperature, hills, wind, etc.), but whatever you can say would be useful.
What do you think of reliability of the car? Maintenance? (I know nothing about what sort of maintenance this kind of car needs.)
Rear wheel vs. AWD models? I haven't driven a rear wheel drive car regularly in decades--we've mostly had FWD Toyotas and AWD Subarus recently.
Options--I'm a somewhat old guy looking for safety features (especially blind spot monitoring and rear monitoring) and liking the safety package on my wife's new Subaru Crosstrek (highest trim level). How well does the Base level work? Does the Autopilot add a lot? What about the "self-driving" level?
Anything else I might want to know? I live on the Olympic Peninsula. I'm not a complete newbie to electricity in cars--I had a Gen 3 Prius that I liked a lot (except that the side and rear visibility was terrible).
I admit to finding the Tesla website pretty sparse on hard information about their cars--I can't find detailed specs, etc. What am I missing?
Answers to any or all of these questions will be greatly welcome.
gallk